Carbid-lamp tool



J. LACKD.

CARBID LAMP TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. 1920.

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oARBIn-LAMP TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

Application filed m 1 20. Serial No. 371,913.

-f"o ol LUILO'IIL it may concern:

lie it known that I, Jo N LACKO, a citizen of Czechoslovakia, residingat Portage,

in the county of Cambria and State of lfeunsylyania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in (l arbid-Lamp Tools, of which thefollowing is a specification.

'lfh is invention relates to certa in new and useful improvements incarbidlamp tools particularly adapted to provide in a com pact andreadily accessible manner means for cleaning the carbid container,meansfor cleaning the perforations of the burner of the lamp, and meansfor igniting the lamp.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tool of the abovecharacter which is extremely elicient'and durable inconstruction as wellas capable of being cheaply and easily manufactured and p which embodiesmeans for permitting the tool to be readily clasped upon "the peak of amincrs cap or other article of clothing for carrying the tool when notin use.

Further objects will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawing and claimed. p

In the drawing wherein like reference characters designate correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly broken away of atool constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is an edge elevational view, partly Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a top plan View thereof,

Fig. i is a transverse fragmentary sectional view on a slightly largerscale illustrating the igniting device and the manner of mounting thesame upon the handle of the tool, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view partly in side elevation and partly insection and taken substantially upon line VVof Fig. 3.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present inventionembodies a straight metallic shank 5 which is reduced at its free end toprovide a blade 6 serviceable in removing the hard carbid from thecarbid container of a carbid lamp, the other end of the shank 5 beingreturn bent to proride a handle in the form of a loop 7, the other endof the device terminating in a tongue 8 lying closely to the shank 5 asshown in Fig. 1. The loop 7 is preferably resilient and the free end. ofthe tongue 8 is slightly curved outwardly as at 9 so that peak of aminers cap or the like may be sprung between the U 8 for carrying thetool when not in use. A tubular container 10 is formedin any suit ablemanner upon the end portion bf the shank 5 adjacent the handle frn'mingloop 7. and this container is adapted to hold a suit able pin or needle11 serviceable in removing obstructions from the perforations intheburner of a carbid lamp, the needle 11 being provided with anenlargement 12 adjacent one end for being grasped by the user of theneedle. A suitable slip cover or cap 13 is provided for the open upperend of the container 10.

A sheetymetal bracket 14 rests upon the upper end of the loop 7 andextends downwardly along one edge of the latter as at 15 then under thesame as at 16, and then downwardly withinthe loop 7 as at 17 where asuitable shaft 18 is journaled therein. The bracket 14: extendslaterally beyond the op posite edge of the top portion of the loop 7 asat 19 and is provided in this extended end with a i into which isscrewed a hollow plug 21 haying a depending leg 22in which the other endof the shaft 18 is journaled. A suitable milled or peripherallyroughened wheel 23 is fastened upon the shaft 18 adjacent the leg 22,and a stick of flint 24 or equivalent ma terial is slidably disposedwithin the plug 21 and has its lower end yieldably pressed intoengagement with the periphery of the wheel by means of a helical spring25 which is interposed between the cap 26 of the plug 21 and the upperend of the stick 2-1. A lever 27 is fastened upon the shaft 18 adjacentthe depending leg 17 of the bracket 14;, and said lover or arm 27extends through an elongated slot 28 which is provided in the upper andouter portions of the loop 7 as will clearly appear in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.The hub portion of the lever 27 is provided with a downwardly extendingcar 29 to which one end of a tension spring 30 is attached, the otherend of said spring being attached as at 31 to the lower portion shank 5and the tongue screw threaded aperture as at 20 of the loop 7. It willthus be seen that when the lever 27 is swung downwardly manually asindicated by the arrow lines in Fig. 1

against the action of the spring 30, the

'pass throughsuitable perforations provided in the bracket 14 and'arethreaded into suitable sockets 33 formed in the upper portion of theloop 7 as shown in Figs. 3 and The threaded sockets are preferably arr:nged 'in pairs so that the bracket 1 L may be se' cured in anyone of anumber of positions farther from or nearer to the needle container'ldGne purpose of this adjustment will be understood from the fact thatwhen the bracket let is positioned as seen in Fig. 3, the forward edge34 oi said bracket will form a stop for the lever Q'Tand limit itsupward movement to a predetermined position, whereas if said bracket 14were positioned. nearer the needle container 10, the lever27 could bemoved upwardly to a further extent by the spring 30 before the samecontacts the edge 3st of the bracket 1%, and when the lever 27 issubsequently pulled downwardly, a further rotary movement is permittedthe wheel 23 for insuring aproduction of a larger number otsparks. Itis, of course to beunderstood that the spring 30 normally moves thelever to and holds the same in a raised position, while the lever 2'7 iseffectively guided and held against lateral'niovement within the slot28.

It is believed that the construction and operation as well as theadvantages of the presentinvention will be readily understood andappreciated by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

Vlhat I claim as new is 1. In a carbid lamp tool of the class described,a metallic shank formed with a carbid container cleaning blade on oneend thereof and having its opposite end returnbent to provide a handleforming loop with a resilient tongue extending therefrom adjacent to andlongitudinally of the shank whereby the peak of a cap or the like may besprung between said shank and said tongue for carrying the tool when notin use, the upper and ouicr portions of said loop being longitudinallyslotteth and an igniter carrying bracket mounted upon the upper portionoi said loop, said ignitor including a lever projecting outwardlythrough said slot in said loop.

2. In a carhid lamp tool of the class described, a metallic shank formedwith a ca'rbid container cleaning blade on one end hereof and having itsopposite end returnbent to provide a handle 'lorming loop with aresilient tongue extending therefrom adjacent to and longitudinally ofthe shank whereby the peak of a cap or the like may be sprung betweensaid shank and said tongue for carrying the tool when not in use, theupper and outer portions of said loop being lon tudinally slotted. anigniler carrying bracket mounted upon the upper portion or said loop,said igniter including a lever projecting outwardly through said slot insaid loop. a spring attached to said lever and to the lower portion ofsaid loop for normally holding the lever in its upper limit of movement,and means adjustably connecting the igniter carrying bracket to the loopfor permitting the said lever to move through arcuate paths of variouslengths.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN Lrltlit ti U

